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Their threats include; entanglement in fishing gear aka bycatch, ship strikes. whale watch harassment, habitat impacts and commercial whaling. Humpback whales are mostly hunted by the Japanese. Every year the aim for around 50 humpbacks.

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They are being killed by humans, also they are constantly being attacked by killer whales, and they are dying out and slowly moving toward extinction.

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The threats towards blue whales are polution and loss of foods.

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